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Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga 2007-08
Founded
1934
Nation
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Relegation To
Liga de Honra
Number of Teams
16
Level on Pyramid
1
European Qualification
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Domestic Cups
Cup of Portugal
Portuguese League Cup
Portuguese SuperCup
Current Champions
Porto
Most Successful Club
S.L. Benfica (31)
Website
Official

The Portuguese Liga (pron. IPA: ['liɣɐ]), currently named BWINLIGA after its main sponsor, is the league competition for Portuguese professional football clubs located at the top of the Portuguese football league system (above the Liga de Honra), making it Portugal's primary football competition.

The Liga is presently contested by sixteen clubs each season, but only five of them have won the title. Currently in its 73rd edition (counting four provisional championships in the 30's) the competition is dominated by the so called "big three"; (Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting Portugal), who have a total of 71 titles, with Belenenses and Boavista winning the other two.

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Before the Portuguese football reform of 1938, an experimental competition on a round-basis was already being held — the Primeira Liga (Premier League) and the winners of that competition were named League Champions. Despite that, a Portuguese Championship in a knock-out cup format was the most popular and defined the Portuguese Champion.

Then, with the reform, a round-basis competition was implemented as the most important of the calendar and began defining the Portuguese champion. From 1938 to 2000 the name Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão (National Championship of the First Division), or just Primeira Divisão (First Division) was used. When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide leagues in 1999 it was renamed Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Liga (Premier League National Championship), or simply Primeira Liga (Premier League), and after Galp acquired the naming rights in 2002, SuperLiga Galp Energia. However a four year deal with the Austrian sports betting web portal bwin was announced on 18 August 2005, amid questioning by the other gambling authorities in Portugal (the Santa Casa da Misericórdia and the Portuguese Casinos Association), which claimed to hold the exclusive of legal gambling games in national territory. After holding the name Liga betandwin.com for the 2005/2006 season [1], a name change to BWINLIGA (all caps) was announced on 21 July 2006 [2]. Since the 1995-96 season, each win is worth 3 points instead of the usual 2.

From the 2006-07 season on there are 16 clubs in the Portuguese Liga, down from 18 in the previous seasons. During the course of a season each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season, the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Liga de Honra, and the top two teams from Liga de Honra are promoted to the Portuguese Liga.

Currently, the top three teams in the Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The top two teams go straight into the group phase. The third placed team enters the competition at the third qualifying round, and must survive a two-legged knockout tie in order to enter the group phase. The teams classified in fourth and fifth enter the UEFA Cup together with the winner of the Cup of Portugal. If the winner of the Cup of Portugal is already qualified for the Champions League, or would be qualified for the UEFA Cup by its league position, the runner-up will occupy the spot in the UEFA Cup. If the runner-up is also qualified for European competition through its league position, the spot is given to the 6th-placed team in the Liga. The 6th-placed team is allowed to play in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, but when it plays in the UEFA Cup because of the situation above, then, the spot is taken by the 7th-placed team.

Sport TV holds rights to broadcast both first and second division matches on a pay-per-view basis. All clubs negotiate individually with the channel. One game a week is broadcast on free television, in a contract deal between Sport TV and TVI - Televisão Independente.

In Australia the Portuguese Liga is currently available on Setanta Sports.

Current National League Ranking

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

  • 1966 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe Flag of Portugal Eusébio

Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: S.L. Benfica, F.C. Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal. In the 2006-07 season the average attendance in the Portuguese league was 10.636.

The 2006-07 season saw an average attendance by club [3]:

Club Average Highest Stadium
capacity		 Stadium
1 Benfica 39.010 62.756 65.647 Estádio da Luz (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
2 F.C. Porto 38.781 50.428 50.500 Estádio do Dragão
3 Sporting 33.285 44.042 50.466 Estádio José Alvalade - Século XXI
4 Sporting de Braga 12.229 29.931 30.154 Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)
5 Académica 8.751 19.464 30.210 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
6 Beira-Mar 6.643 29.547 30.970 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro – Mário Duarte
7 Boavista 4.703 17.500 28.263 Estádio do Bessa - Século XXI
8 Marítimo 6.167 9.117 9.117 Estádio dos Barreiros
9 Belenenses 4.007 10.000 32.500 Estádio do Restelo
10 Vitória de Setúbal 7.427 6.372 25.000 Estádio do Bonfim
11 Paços de Ferreira 3.267 8.000 10.000 Estádio da Mata Real
12 Desportivo das Aves 3.113 7.000 8.560 Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves
13 União de Leiria 8.763 11.433 24.771 Estádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
14 Estrela da Amadora 6.154 7.650 12.630 Estádio José Gomes
15 Naval 1º de Maio 5.963 5.000 10.000 Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa
16 Nacional 1.920 3.000 3.000 Estádio Eng. Rui Alves

Clubs Players
Season Champions Points Runners-up Points Teams Rounds Points
/win		 Bola de Prata
(Top Scorer)		 Club Goals
Experimental Experimental
  1934/35 F.C. Porto 22 Sporting CP 20 8 14 2 pts Soeiro Sporting CP 14
  1935/36 S.L. Benfica 21 F.C. Porto 20 8 14 2 pts Pinga F.C. Porto 21
  1936/37 S.L. Benfica 24 C.F. Os Belenenses 23 8 14 2 pts Soeiro Sporting CP 24
  1937/38 S.L. Benfica 23 F.C. Porto 23 8 14 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 34
Definitive Definitive
  1938/39 F.C. Porto 23 Sporting CP 22 8 14 2 pts Costuras F.C. Porto 18
  1939/40 F.C. Porto 34 Sporting CP 32 10 18 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo
Slavkoo Kordnya		 Sporting CP
F.C. Porto		 29
  1940/41 Sporting CP 23 F.C. Porto 20 8 14 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 29
  1941/42 S.L. Benfica 38 Sporting CP 34 12 22 2 pts Correia Dias F.C. Porto 36
  1942/43 S.L. Benfica 30 Sporting CP 29 10 18 2 pts Julinho S.L. Benfica 24
  1943/44 Sporting CP 31 S.L. Benfica 26 10 18 2 pts Francisco Rodrigues Vitória F.C. (Setúbal) 28
  1944/45 S.L. Benfica 30 Sporting CP 27 10 18 2 pts Francisco Rodrigues Vitória F.C. (Setúbal) 21
  1945/46 C.F. Os Belenenses 38 S.L. Benfica 37 12 22 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 37
  1946/47 Sporting CP 47 S.L. Benfica 41 14 26 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 43
  1947/48 Sporting CP 41 S.L. Benfica 41 14 26 2 pts António Araújo F.C. Porto 36
  1948/49 Sporting CP 42 S.L. Benfica 37 14 26 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 40
  1949/50 S.L. Benfica 45 Sporting CP 39 14 26 2 pts Julinho S.L. Benfica 28
  1950/51 Sporting CP 45 F.C. Porto 34 14 26 2 pts Manuel Vasques Sporting CP 29
  1951/52 Sporting CP 41 S.L. Benfica 40 14 26 2 pts José Águas S.L. Benfica 28
  1952/53 Sporting CP 43 S.L. Benfica 39 14 26 2 pts Matateu C.F. Os Belenenses 29
  1953/54 Sporting CP 43 F.C. Porto 36 14 26 2 pts João Martins Sporting CP 31
  1954/55 S.L. Benfica 39 C.F. Os Belenenses 39 14 26 2 pts Matateu C.F. Os Belenenses 32
  1955/56 F.C. Porto 43 S.L. Benfica 43 14 26 2 pts José Águas S.L. Benfica 28
  1956/57 S.L. Benfica 41 F.C. Porto 40 14 26 2 pts José Águas S.L. Benfica 30
  1957/58 Sporting CP 43 F.C. Porto 43 14 26 2 pts Arsénio Duarte G.D. CUF 23
  1958/59 F.C. Porto 41 S.L. Benfica 41 14 26 2 pts José Águas S.L. Benfica 26
  1959/60 S.L. Benfica 45 Sporting CP 43 14 26 2 pts Edmur Ribeiro Vitória S.C. (Guimarães) 25
  1960/61 S.L. Benfica 46 Sporting CP 42 14 26 2 pts José Águas S.L. Benfica 27
  1961/62 Sporting CP 43 F.C. Porto 41 14 26 2 pts Veríssimo F.C. Porto 23
  1962/63 S.L. Benfica 48 F.C. Porto 42 14 26 2 pts José Augusto Torres S.L. Benfica 26
  1963/64 S.L. Benfica 46 F.C. Porto 40 14 26 2 pts Eusébio S.L. Benfica 28
  1964/65 S.L. Benfica 43 F.C. Porto 37 14 26 2 pts Eusébio S.L. Benfica 28
  1965/66 Sporting CP 42 S.L. Benfica 41 14 26 2 pts Eusébio
Ernesto Figueiredo		 S.L. Benfica
Sporting CP		 25
  1966/67 S.L. Benfica 43 A. Académica de Coimbra 40 14 26 2 pts Eusébio S.L. Benfica 31
  1967/68 S.L. Benfica 41 Sporting CP 37 14 26 2 pts Eusébio S.L. Benfica 42
  1968/69 S.L. Benfica 39 F.C. Porto 37 14 26 2 pts Manuel António A. Académica de Coimbra 19
  1969/70 Sporting CP 46 S.L. Benfica 38 14 26 2 pts Eusébio S.L. Benfica 20
  1970/71 S.L. Benfica 41 Sporting CP 38 14 26 2 pts Artur Jorge S.L. Benfica 23
  1971/72 S.L. Benfica 55 Vitória F.C. (Setúbal) 45 16 30 2 pts Artur Jorge S.L. Benfica 27
  1972/73 S.L. Benfica 58 C.F. Os Belenenses 40 16 30 2 pts Eusébio S.L. Benfica 40
  1973/74 Sporting CP 49 S.L. Benfica 47 16 30 2 pts Yazalde Sporting CP 46
  1974/75 S.L. Benfica 49 F.C. Porto 44 16 30 2 pts Yazalde Sporting CP 30
  1975/76 S.L. Benfica 50 Boavista F.C. 48 16 30 2 pts Rui Jordão S.L. Benfica 30
  1976/77 S.L. Benfica 51 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes F.C. Porto 26
  1977/78 F.C. Porto 51 S.L. Benfica 51 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes F.C. Porto 25
  1978/79 F.C. Porto 50 S.L. Benfica 49 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes F.C. Porto 27
  1979/80 Sporting CP 52 F.C. Porto 50 16 30 2 pts Rui Jordão Sporting CP 31
  1980/81 S.L. Benfica 50 F.C. Porto 48 16 30 2 pts Nené S.L. Benfica 20
  1981/82 Sporting CP 46 S.L. Benfica 44 16 30 2 pts Jacques Pereira F.C. Porto 27
  1982/83 S.L. Benfica 51 F.C. Porto 47 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes F.C. Porto 36
  1983/84 S.L. Benfica 52 F.C. Porto 49 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes
Nené		 F.C. Porto
S.L. Benfica		 21
  1984/85 F.C. Porto 55 Sporting CP 47 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes F.C. Porto 39
  1985/86 F.C. Porto 49 S.L. Benfica 47 16 30 2 pts Manuel Fernandes Sporting CP 30
  1986/87 S.L. Benfica 48 F.C. Porto 46 16 30 2 pts Paulinho Cascavel Vitória S.C. (Guimarães) 22
  1987/88 F.C. Porto 66 S.L. Benfica 51 20 38 2 pts Paulinho Cascavel Sporting CP 23
  1988/89 S.L. Benfica 63 F.C. Porto 56 20 38 2 pts Vata Garcia S.L. Benfica 16
  1989/90 F.C. Porto 59 S.L. Benfica 55 18 34 2 pts Mats Magnusson S.L. Benfica 33
  1990/91 S.L. Benfica 69 F.C. Porto 67 20 38 2 pts Rui Águas S.L. Benfica 25
  1991/92 F.C. Porto 56 S.L. Benfica 46 18 34 2 pts Ricky Boavista F.C. 30
  1992/93 F.C. Porto 54 S.L. Benfica 52 18 34 2 pts Jorge Cadete Sporting CP 18
  1993/94 S.L. Benfica 54 F.C. Porto 52 18 34 2 pts Rashidi Yekini Vitória F.C. (Setúbal) 21
  1994/95 F.C. Porto 62 Sporting CP 53 18 34 2 pts Hassan Nader S.C. Farense 21
  1995/96 F.C. Porto 84 S.L. Benfica 73 18 34 3 pts Domingos F.C. Porto 25
  1996/97 F.C. Porto 85 Sporting CP 72 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel F.C. Porto 30
  1997/98 F.C. Porto 77 S.L. Benfica 68 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel F.C. Porto 26
  1998/99 F.C. Porto 79 Boavista F.C. 71 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel F.C. Porto 36
  1999/00 Sporting C.P. 77 F.C. Porto 73 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel F.C. Porto 37
  2000/01 Boavista F.C. 77 F.C. Porto 76 18 34 3 pts Renivaldo Pena F.C. Porto 22
  2001/02 Sporting CP 75 Boavista F.C. 70 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel Sporting CP 42
  2002/03 F.C. Porto 86 S.L. Benfica 75 18 34 3 pts Fary Faye
Simão		 S.C. Beira-Mar
S.L. Benfica		 18
  2003/04 F.C. Porto 82 S.L. Benfica 74 18 34 3 pts Benni McCarthy F.C. Porto 20
  2004/05 S.L. Benfica 65 F.C. Porto 62 18 34 3 pts Liedson Sporting CP 25
  2005/06 F.C. Porto 79 Sporting CP 72 18 34 3 pts Meyong C.F. Os Belenenses 17
  2006/07 F.C. Porto 69 Sporting CP 68 16 30 3 pts Liedson Sporting CP 15

Eusebio is considered Benfica's and Portugal's most renowned player.
Eusebio is considered Benfica's and Portugal's most renowned player.

Top Ten Highest Goalscorers
Player Period Club Goals
1 Fernando Peyroteo 1937-1949 Sporting CP 330 (Ø 1,68)
2 Eusébio 1960-1977 SL Benfica 319 (Ø 1,02)
3 Fernando Gomes 1974-1991 FC Porto 318 (Ø 0,79)
4 Jose Aguas 1950-1963 SL Benfica 290 (Ø 1,03)
5 Néné 1968-1986 SL Benfica 262 (Ø 0,62)
6 Manuel Fernandes 1970-1988 Sporting CP 243 (Ø 0,50)
7 Matateu 1951-1967 Os Belenenses 218 (Ø 0,75)
8 José Augusto Torres 1959-1980 SL Benfica 217 (Ø 0,57)
9 Rui Jordao 1971-1989 Sporting CP 215 (Ø 0,60)
10 Arsénio Duarte 1943-1959 SL Benfica 211 (Ø 0,67)

  • In 1972/73, Benfica won the Portuguese Liga without any defeat (28 wins and 2 ties).

Includes Campeonato da Liga. Years below refer to the season that ended that year.

Team City Years First season Last season Notes
1 FC Porto Porto 74 1935 2008
1 SL Benfica Lisbon 74 1935 2008
1 Sporting CP Lisbon 74 1935 2008
4 CF Belenenses Lisbon 70 1935 2008
5 Vitória SC Guimarães 64 1942 2008
6 Vitória FC Setúbal 60 1935 2008
7 Académica Coimbra 56 1935 2008
8 SC Braga Braga 52 1948 2008
9 Boavista FC Porto 51 1936 2008
10 CS Marítimo Funchal 28 1978 2008
11 Atlético CP Lisbon 24 1944 1977
11 FC Barreirense Barreiro 24 1938 1979
11 SC Beira Mar Aveiro 24 1962 2007
11 SC Salgueiros Porto 24 1944 2002 folded 2005
15 GD Fabril Barreiro 23 1943 1976 as GD CUF
15 SC Farense Faro 23 1971 2002
15 Leixões SC Matosinhos 23 1937 2008
18 Varzim SC Póvoa de Varzim 21 1964 2003
19 GD Estoril-Praia Estoril 20 1945 2005
20 SC Covilhã Covilhã 15 1949 1988
20 CF Estrela Amadora Amadora 15 1989 2008
20 UD Leiria Leiria 15 1980 2008
20 SC Olhanense Olhão 15 1942 1975
24 Gil Vicente FC Barcelos 14 1991 2006
24 Lusitano Évora Évora 14 1953 1966
24 Rio Ave FC Vila do Conde 14 1980 2006
27 GD Chaves Chaves 13 1986 1999
27 Portimonense SC Portimão 13 1977 1990
29 FC Penafiel Penafiel 12 1981 2006
30 SC Espinho Espinho 11 1975 1997
31 FC Paços Ferreira Paços de Ferreira 10 1992 2008
32 CD Nacional Funchal 9 1989 2008
33 FC Tirsense Santo Tirso 8 1968 1996
34 Oriental Lisbon 7 1951 1975
35 FC Famalicão Famalicão 6 1947 1994
35 SCU Torreense Torres Vedras 6 1956 1992
35 União de Tomar Tomar 6 1969 1976
38 Académico do Porto Porto 5 1935 1942
38 Carcavelinhos Carcavelos 5 1936 1942
38 CF União Madeira Funchal 5 1990 1995
38 FC Alverca Alverca do Ribatejo 5 1999 2004
38 O Elvas CAD Elvas 5 1948 1988
38 SC Campomaiorense Campo Maior 5 1996 2001 folded 2002
44 AD Sanjoanense São João da Madeira 4 1947 1969
44 CAF Viseu Viseu 4 1979 1989
44 Leça FC Leça da Palmeira 4 1942 1998
44 SC Caldas Caldas da Rainha 4 1956 1959
48 Amora FC Amora 3 1981 1983
48 CD Aves Vila das Aves 3 1986 2007
48 CD Feirense Santa Maria da Feira 3 1963 1990
48 CD Montijo Montijo 3 1973 1977
48 Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz 3 2006 2008
48 CD Santa Clara Ponta Delgada 3 2000 2003
48 Lusitano VRSA Vila Real de Santo António 3 1948 1950
48 Moreirense FC Moreira de Cónegos 3 2003 2005
48 Unidos de Lisboa Lisboa 3 1941 1943
57 Seixal FC Seixal 2 1964 1965
57 SL Elvas Elvas 2 1946 1947
59 AD Fafe Fafe 1 1989 1989
59 Casa Pia AC Lisboa 1 1939 1939
59 CF União de Coimbra Coimbra 1 1973 1973
59 FC Felgueiras Felgueiras 1 1996 1996
59 FC Vizela Vizela 1 1985 1985
59 GC Alcobaça Alcobaça 1 1983 1983
59 GD Riopele Famalicão 1 1978 1978
59 RD Águeda Águeda 1 1984 1984
59 UD Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis 1 1946 1946
59 União de Lisboa Lisboa 1 1935 1935

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